On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > > I would like to have cron run the following commands at appropriate > > times: > > > > shorewall reject 192.168.1.4 > > shorewall allow 192.168.1.4 > > > > I have attempted to add them to /etc/crontab directly but they do not > > run. > > I entered them as so: > > > > 0 22 * * 0,1,2,3,4 root /sbin/shorewall reject 192.168.1.4 > > > > 0 7 * * 1,2,3,4,5 root /sbin/shorewall allow 192.168.1.4 > > > > The intent is to block my son's internet access from 10:00pm to 7:00 > am > > on school nights. > > > > I have read the man pages but don't see what I am doing wrong. Please > > suggest what I might try. > > As mentioned, your crontab syntax looks OK. You said the commands work > as expected from the command line...I'm not real familiar with Bering or > shorewall, but when programs run as expected from the command line, but > fail in cron, the problem is almost always with missing environment > variables. You may need to create a "wrapper" script, modify your > command, or add some variables to your crontab file to explicitly set > some environment variables required to get shorewall working. Sorry I > can't suggest any particular environment variables to look at other than > PATH, but check the shorewall docs for anything that's required... >
There shouldn't be any environmental variables required for "/sbin/shorewall [reject|deny] <ip addr>". /sbin/shorewall sets up its own PATH. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Shorewall - iptables made easy AIM: tmeastep \ http://www.shorewall.net ICQ: #60745924 \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
